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- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
departments easily embracing the Web. In the software industry, for example, we have witnessed how the emergence of loosely coupled interfaces has enabled the majority of application companies to leverage multiple platforms. The same is true in the semiconductor and... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
controls, employment at target establishments declines 3% over two years post buyout and 6% over five years. The job losses are concentrated among public-to-private buyouts and transactions involving firms in the service and retail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
By: Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Using retail chain data, we study the effects of a tournament incentive plan based primarily on objective performance, but incorporating managerial discretion in the selection of winners.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
behavior. Good examples of such companies are leaders in the consumer packaged-goods industry such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble and Kraft Foods—or retail organizations such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy. Consider the following... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Would the album be able to find a large enough audience even without traditional promotional activities? And would there be any adverse reactions, for instance from traditional music retailers refusing to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment. Publisher's Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/How-Will-You-Measure-Your-Life-Karen-Dillon?isbn=9780062102416&HCHP=TB_How+Will+You+Measure+Your+Life Retail... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
professionals can make and investments that only the firm can make, while at the same time minimizing distortions in decisions that either party could make (e.g., promotion and marketing of professionals' services, price setting, choice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
largest producer of pet foods, to join forces to create the Pets for People program, which aims to increase pet adoptions and thereby save thousands of animals that would otherwise have been euthanized for lack of homes. A common objective, in this case the View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
expressions of gratitude with another positive-valence emotion: excitement. We show that expressing gratitude promotes self-interested behavior compared to expressing excitement or neutral emotion. In Study 4, we find that gratitude... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
model. This strategy was based on four axes, which included: (a) alliances with labor cooperatives to generate income opportunities for the regional population; (b) educational development of neighboring communities to promote individual... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
Quasi-Experiment By: Israeli, Ayelet Abstract—This paper investigates a manufacturer’s ability to influence compliance rates among its authorized online retailers by exploiting changes in the Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) policy and in... View Details
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
future? Olson has some thoughts—but no easy answers—to those questions. What About The Customer? E-book pricing is one of the biggest sources of friction. In a recent dustup between Amazon and Macmillan, the online retailer briefly... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
Xu Abstract—We investigate how dynamic pricing can lead to more product returns in the online retail industry. Using detailed sales data of more than two million transactions from the Indian online retail... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
business strategy 101 for most entrepreneurs, so why have so many mobile money service offerings failed? It’s a question being studied by Rajiv Lal, the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. “You would think... View Details
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
patients' families in an ongoing organizational learning process. The two-case series is particularly distinctive in tracking an organizational change initiative for almost a decade and, as such, uncovers and promotes discussion of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
Investment Promote Growth? By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—Among the prominent economic trends in recent decades is the exponential increase in flows of goods and capital driven by technological progress and a falling number of restrictions. A... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
customer-to-customer communications promote different types of usage? We study these questions using two data sets and by developing a multivariate hierarchical Poisson hidden Markov model (HMM), which fits the data significantly better... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
its stores and its supply chain, lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions, safer products for customers and manufacturers, and better treatment of its workers. The company promoted the idea that its size gave it significant influence in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
radical or not. While greater market share promotes adoption of all types of business process innovations, this effect is outweighed by additional co-invention and coordination costs whenever a technological advance address strategically... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
promotional spending (including that directed toward physicians) as a percentage of pharmaceutical sales remains relatively constant over time and thus the growth of DTCA represents a shift in the mix of View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls